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Title

The artillery never gained more honour : the British Artillery in the 1776 Valcour Island and 1777 Saratoga campaigns / Douglas R. Cubbison.

Author

Cubbison, Douglas R.

Publication

Fleischmanns, N.Y. : Purple Mountain Press, 2007.

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Description

198 p. : ill., map, ports.; 28 cm.

Summary

Discusses the British artillery forces during the Valcour Island campaign of 1776 and Saratoga Campaign of 1777. Offers a tactical, logistical, and command function assessment of the artillery using primary sources, and highlights the various types of artillery pieces used during the campaigns.

Subject

• Great Britain. Royal Regiment of Artillery
• 1775-1783
• Valcour Island, Battle of, N.Y., 1776
• Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777
• United States > British forces > Revolution, 1775-1783
• United States > Artillery operations. > Revolution, 1775-1783
• Great Britain > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-196) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Siege of Québec, winter 1775-1776 -- British Artillery in 1776 -- The British advance up the St. Lawrence and Richelieu Valleys, and British preparations for the movement on Lake Champlain -- Valcour Island, October 1776 -- Winter quarters -- Advance upon Ticonderoga and Mt. Independence -- The American retreat to Skenesborough and the naval action of July 6th, 1777 -- Transportation of the Artillery forward -- The Battle of Bennington -- Freeman's farm -- Barber's wheatfield -- The American assaults on the Balcarres and Breymann entrenched camps -- The British occupation and American attack on Fort Ticonderoga and Mt. Independence -- Retreat and surrender -- Withdrawal from Fort Ticonderoga and Mt. Independence -- Burgoyne's train of artillery.

ISBN

• 1930098839
• 9781930098831

LCCN

^^2007935250

OCLC

182656781

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library